Kareli is a creative arts therapist who has been counselling trauma survivors for over 30 years. She processes her vicarious trauma through her own artwork. She works mainly with mixed media collage. In 2020, her artwork ‘Nowhere to Stand’ was a finalist in the Eurobodalla River of Art competition. Since then she has organised and exhibited artworks with the Lorem Artis group including the exhibition ‘Healing Through Art’ in 2021 and ‘Firestorm’ in 2022. Her body of work was part of the Easter Exhibition in 2023 at Tilba. Her artworks 'When Tilba Calls' and 'Hooked' are currently finalists in the Eurobodalla River of Art Prize 2023.
Her next exhibition, UNCUT, a collaboration with 2 other artists, will be in October 2024.